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Focusing On: Herman Melville's Billy Budd

Your Writing Prompt

The prompt is:

Consider the example of Vere and other fictional characters to explain how professional duty and obligation (particularly around spheres of violence and war) can lead people to take actions they would otherwise find morally reprehensible.

Secondary Sources:

You will need six sources for an annotated bibliography that you will create and use as the basis of your research. Three to four must be integrated into your final essay. Of these, one must be from the Rutgers library database and one from a reputable online publication. For your final secondary sources, you may draw from a book, journal, or video documentary, or repeat from the first two buckets.